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County mayor outlines road repairs, river cleanup and disaster grants as recovery priorities
Summary
County Mayor Joe Mathis detailed damage estimates and federal coordination for road and river repairs, reported more than $1 million distributed from a local relief fund and won commissioner approval to apply for Tennessee Housing Development Agency disaster recovery grants.
County Mayor Joe Mathis updated the Cocke County Legislative Body on recovery operations related to recent flood damage and stressed the county—s continuing need for federal and state assistance.
"The most calls about is the roads," Mathis told commissioners, and then outlined estimated repair costs for several damaged roads: Rock Hill Road (bids awarded; estimated $500,000), Trail Hollow Road (bid awarded; estimated $1,000,000), Waterville Road (engineering phase; estimated $2,000,000), Hartford Road (about $500,000) and Fugate Road (about $400,000; riverbank stabilization not approved due to railroad…
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